Provides information about various insects and their physical characteristics, homes, feeding habits, and defenses.

Provides information about planet Earth in a question and answer format, offering facts about volcanoes, waterfalls, deserts, rivers, and other topics. Includes riddles and humorous illustrations.

Questions and answers present information about who the Pilgrims were, how and why they came to America on the Mayflower, and what happened in the colony of New Plymouth.

Where do we come from? Why do stars shine and the seasons change? What is evil? Since the beginning of time, people have answered such questions by crafting imaginative stories that have served as religion, science, philosophy, and popular literature. In his irreverent a question-and-answer style, Davis introduces and explains the great myths of the world, as well as the works of literature that have made them famous. He tackles Mesopotamia's Gilgamesh,...

Looking forward to a vacation, Katie, Lily, and Jasper attach their flying Gyroscopic Sky Suite to the Moose Tongue Lodge and Resort, where they mingle with other child heroes found in books, and where they become embroiled in a mystery involving lederhosen-clothed quintuplets and a screaming ventriloquist.

In the suspenseful climax of a trilogy that began with Edge of Danger and Edge of Fear, T-FLAC agent Duncan Edge must use all the paranormal talents he possesses to stop a lethal terrorist conspiracy, a mission complicated by his childhood nemesis Serena Campbell, as they must put aside their past and their growing passion to achieve success.

Panoramic imaging is a progressive application and research area. This technology has applications in digital photography, robotics, film productions for panoramic screens, architecture, environmental studies, remote sensing and GIS technology. Applications demand different levels of accuracy for 3D documentation or visualizations. This book describes two modern technologies for capturing high-accuracy panoramic images and range data, namely the use...